22 June 2016

Second Circuit rules safe harbour does apply to pre-1972 recordings

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned an earlier lower court ruling and said that the safe harbour under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act does apply to pre-1972 recordings.

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